210 Srimad-Bhagavatam [Canto 6, Ch. 4
Sri-prajapatir uvdca
namah pardydavitathanubhiitaye
guna-trayabhdsa-nimitta-bandhave
adrsta-dhadmne guna-tattva-buddhibhir
nivrtta-manaya dadhe svayambhuve

Sri-prajadpatih uvaéca—the prajapati Daksa said; namah—all respect-
ful obeisances; paraéya—unto the Transcendence; avitatha—correct;
anubhiitaye —unto Him whose spiritual potency brings about realization
of Him; guna-traya—of the three material modes of nature; dbhasa —of
the living entities who have the appearance; nimitta—and of the ma-
terial energy; bandhave—unto the controller; adrsta-dhamne—who is
not perceived in His abode; guna-tattva-buddhibhih—by the condi-
tioned souls whose poor intelligence dictates that real truth is found in
the manifestations of the three modes of material nature; nivrtta-
manadya—who has surpassed all material measurements and calcula-
tions; dadhe—I offer; svayambhuve—unto the Supreme Lord, who is
manifest with no cause.

TRANSLATION

Prajapati Daksa said: The Supreme Personality of Godhead is
transcendental to the illusory energy and the physical categories it
produces. He possesses the potency for unfailing knowledge and
supreme will power, and He is the controller of the living entities
and the illusory energy. The conditioned souls who have accepted
this material manifestation as everything cannot see Him, for He is
above the evidence of experimental knowledge. Self-evident and
self-sufficient, He is not caused by any superior cause. Let me offer
my respectful obeisances unto Him.

PURPORT

The transcendental position of the Supreme Personality of Godhead is
explained herewith. He is not perceivable by the conditioned souls, who
are accustomed to material vision and cannot understand that the
Supreme Personality of Godhead exists in His abode, which is beyond
that vision. Even if a materialistic person could count all the atoms in the
